The Truth About Abortion Stats, Rape, Incest and Life of Mother

When debating pro-aborts they always bring up the cases of rape, incest and life of the mother. According to this data, these three cases combined only account for 0.53% of all cases of abortion. So when they bring up these cases ask them if they would be for doing away with abortion in the other 99.47% of the time.

The three most frequently cited “hard cases” in which some argue abortion might be justified are rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. However, women rarely report that they are seeking an abortion for any of these reasons:

Rape: 0.3%
Incest: 0.03%
Protection of mother’s life: 0.2%

In other words, out of 1,000 women procuring abortion, only three cite rape as the primary reason, and only two cite protecting her life as the reason for the abortion. Out of 10,000 women procuring abortion, only three cite incest as a reason. “